I have always heard that you get your very best accuracy when you space your bullet .010 off of the lands. I have purchased a new guage to tell me where to seat my bullets for my new M1 Garand (CMP Rifle), And i have found that the bullet is completly out of the case before it touchs the rifleing in this M1. I have been working with Sierra 155g(palma) bullets with 46g of IMR4895. I have always adjusted OAL to what the "Lee" die set calls for, But was shocked to find that i cannot get .010 off the rifleing without the bullet being completely outside of the case. Are all M1's like this? Any help? Thanks CRASH36

I found that Hornady 150gr FMJBT bullets will not come close to the lands either. I just seated them to the crimp groove and used them like that. I used 45gr 4895 and shot pretty high scores with this combination.

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